ELFYSE SIG

Exploring the synergies

Supported by the Higher Education Academy and Middlesex University

Co-ordinated by:Kyriaki Anagnostopoulou, Head of e-LearningDeeba Parmar, Senior Research Fellow

Aims of ELFYSEAims

• Support the growth of learners through the use of technology

• Secure a better understanding of how technology is being used to aid transition into HE and to support students in their first year. This will be done through sharing experiences and building synergies

• Gather and consider specific examples of where and how e-learning has assisted individual institutions and the wider sector in aiding persistence and enhancing the first year student experience;

Identify key issues in order to inform prioritisation of future work across the sector.

Outputs• To produce a practical resource of examples of initiatives of learning

technologies supporting the first year experience through transition, retention and progression.

Collective Inspiration

Learning

Sharing

Doing things differently

Knowledge base

Supportive

Diverse

Synergies between the SIGsSimilarities ELFYSEs interests Differences

SIGs have a similar remit How we can use the technologies available to us (current VLEs, licences

Focuses upon first year experience

Discussions have been around similar areas i.e.,

practitioners, what is useful to

them, how do we create them, make them available, etc

Methods of evaluation and ‘measures of success’ of initiatives

Specifically areas of transition, retention and progression

Interested in learning about practice in the sector

Identifying good practice and highlighting ‘lessons learnt’

Short term focus – culmination in a practical resource for the sector (currently collating case studies in the areas of transition/retention/progression

Building up resources Collating case studies in the areas of transition/retention/progression

ELFYSE to become a branch of ELESIG

Bringing together practitioners, people undertaking work in this area.